The Department has highly qualified, well experienced and dedicated Seven faculty members with One Professor & Head with Ph.D qualification, Two Associate Professors and Four Assistant Professors.

One Associate Professor has recently submitted a thesis on “Removal of heavy metal ions from aqueous solutions through low cost adsorbents” to Madurai Kamaraj University for the award of Ph.D. Degree.

One of the Assistant Professors has been pursuing Doctoral Degree on “Studies on solid polymer blend electrolytes” at Madurai Kamaraj University.

The department has completed one Research Project on “A Systematic Search for Effective Anti-Corrosion Agents from Plant Sources”, funded by AICTE under RPS during the year 2013 – 2016. Under this project the department has purchased, ‘Electrochemical work station’ instrument for Rs.8.0 lakhs.

During the last two years, the Faculty members have published 5 research papers in reputed Journals and presented 4 research papers in Conferences.

During the beginning of last academic year (2017 – 2018), the department conducted a “State Level Workshop on Chromatographic Techniques”.

Faculty members regularly attend various Faculty Development Programmes such as Conferences, Seminars, workshops etc. to update their knowledge.

The department has a spacious laboratory with 2350 square feet area and it is provided with 16 working tables to accommodate 60 students at a time to carry out the practical. Separate store room, Four staff rooms with computer facility and provision for research and development are also provided in the department.

For a batch of 60 Students, the department is equipped with sufficient number of instruments like Digital Conductometer, Digital Potentiometer, Digital pH meter, Platinum electrodes and Calomel electrodes.

In addition to that above equipments, the department has instruments such as Two Spectrophotometers and One Digital Flame photometer for demonstration purpose to the students. The department is catering to the needs of B.E / B.Tech students.

Under Science & Humanities Association, the department conducts Guest Lectures by inviting eminent Professors from nearby universities and other institutions, for the benefit of students. Also the department conducts Paper Presentation / Quiz under the same banner.

The department encourages the I year students to participate in Paper Presentation in National Seminar, Symposium & Conferences held in other colleges also.